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History of Cataloguing Codes
History of Cataloguing Codes
Apurva Shyam
Semester I
Master of Library and Information Science
Submitted to- Dr. Ashwini
Library Catalogue
Librarian
Catalogue
Book Referenc
Selection e
Service
Subject Library
Reader
Experts Resource
s
Purpose of Library Catalogue
• Help Library Users in identifying a document and
also help in selecting a work or works
expeditiously and exactly to his or her
requirements.
• Help the Librarians to achieve these by
satisfying various approaches of a reader
• Giving further assistance in the selection of exact
documents
• Bringing together other relevant information by
analytical entries, cross references, etc.
• To sharpen the search and leading to the exact
location of all relevant documents in the library.
Cataloguing Codes
• 16th Century
• 17th Century
• 18th Century
• 19th Century
• The British Museum Cataloguing Rules
• Jewett’s Code
Cataloguing Codes – 16th Century